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French toast

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See also: french toast

English

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French toast with toppings.

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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First recorded use in 1660, in a recipe without eggs,[1] in the current sense from 1870s.[2] The common French name for the dish is pain perdu (literally lost bread).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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French toast (countable and uncountable, plural French toasts)

  1. (cooking) Food prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying.
    I'd like syrup on my French toast.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Translations

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References

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  1. ^ Robert May (1660) The Accomplisht Cook[1], page 176
  2. ^ Brendan Koerner (2003) “Is French Toast Really French?”, in Slate[2], archived from the original on 4 March 2016

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